Ice-skate.



w. OELSCHILKGEL,

ICE SKATE. APPLICATION H110 Nov. 29. 1915.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

' @ttarnen WILHELM OELSCHLAGEL-OF YORKN. Y.

VICE-SKATE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .WILHELM ,OEL- SCI-ILAGEL, a subject of the Emperorof Germany, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIce-Skates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make'and use'the same.

This invention relates to skates and more particularly to ice skates forracing and fancy skating. a

It has for an object to provide an ice skate having certain features ofconstruction to permit a more perfect'balance of the skater and therunner of said skate is specifically curved for a portion ofits lengthto more conveniently dispose the center of gravity to 'the skater topermit'acceleration and also to permit the use of said skate fordemonstration work.

A'further object of this invention is the provision of a skate forattachment to a shoe in which said skate is more rigidly supported bysaidshoe to form a positive grip of said skate upon said shoe so that awearer may have more perfect control when skating.

A further object of this invention is to provide an ice skate which .isrigidly attached to a shoe whereby the toe, ball and heel of the shoeare rigidly connected to the skate so that no flexibility of supportbetween the toe and ball of the shoe and skate are had, but between theball and heel of the shoe, the desired flexibility may be had tocompensate for any resiliency in the runner of the skate under theinstep. 4

A further object of this invention is a provision of a stop formed onthe skate near the forward end to assist the three points of support ofsaid skate to a shoe.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a skate having aportion of the runner straight about the central portion of said runnerand to have the forward end of said runner in advance of said straightportion decidedly curved to cause said straight portion to form atangent to said curved portion and to have the point of tangency occursubstantial-1y under the ball of the foot of the wearer.

A further object. of this invention is to provide a skate for attachmentto a shoe to Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Mar e, 1917.

Application filed November 29, 1915. SeriaINo. 64,112.

have the sole ofthe shoe relatively parallel with the skating surfaceand to have s'aid skate connected tothe sole ofthe shoe at' three pointstherealong to establish a most rigid connection where desired and topermit flexibility of connection to compensate for the flexing of therunner; I

Further objects will-be apparent from the 7 following specification,appended claim and drawings, in which- 7 Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa shoe showing the skate attached thereto, 1

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the skate and shoe,

' Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the runner, as on the 1ine33 ofFig. 1, and

. Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view'as on the line 14 of Fig. ,1.

This skate is designed for ordinary usage but more especially for fancyskating and in view of the certain requirements for special features ofconstruction necessary for fancy skating, the following specificationand drawings will show wherein the general lines of this skate are adeparture from the present type of skate.

Referring to the drawings, indicatesv the shoeghaving the sole 11 andheel 12' formed thereonas'usual. A skatecomprising the runner 18 andthestandards. 14: and 15 is attached to the sole and heel of said shoe inhaving wings '16 formed on the standard.14,screwed or otherwise attachedto the heel as at 17 and in having the enlarged wings 18 formed on thestandardl5 which are also attached as by the screws 19 or otherwise if,so desired. The wings 16 substantially support all parts of the heel 12'and the wings 18 are enlarged to substantially support the ball of thesole of the shoe. It is seen that thewings 16 and 18 to one side of therunner 18 are larger than on the opposite side and that when said skateis applied to the shoe, the runner is offset from the straight linealong the sole of the shoe to cause said runner to underlie the ball ofthe foot toward the large toe. In offsetting the runner from true centerline along-the bottom of the shoe, Iit'is seen that abetter balanceof'the skate is had and that the runner underlies the toes of thefoothaving the greatest strength.

The forward end of the runner 13 is bent upon itself as at 20 andterminates in the wings 21 which are also secured to the are instaggered relation as shown.

underface of the toe of the sole as by screws '22 or otherwise ifdesired, and rising from and 21 are of such proportions as to properlyreinforce the sole of the's'hoe so that when the skate is attached tothe shoe, the sole 11 is rigidly held in the major portion of its areato the skate and in view thereof, the forward part of the skate mustmove withthe foot in a positive manner without any deflections incidentto the yielding of the shoe.

The runner 13 is of slightly reduced cross sectional area between thestandards 14 and 15 as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing to render saidportion of the runner resilient and said runner is hollow ground in theusual manner from the heel to the point indicated at'24 from where theface of said runner is plane up to the series of serrations 25. Thisserrated portion is formed on the forward end of the skate to form thedesired checking effect of the momentum of the skater when desired, andthe serrations foremost serration on the skate affords a tip or pointupon which the skater may swing as a pivot. The runner 13 has a centralportion thereof in a straight line between the points 26' and 27 fromwhere the runner curves upwardly to the heel 28. From the point 26 tothe forward end of the skate, the runner has a decided turn upwardly andthe point 26 is the point of tangency between the straight portion andthe upward turned portion. This point of tangency is disposedsubstantially under the ball of the foot of a wearer and when skating,the body of the wearer pitches forward to such a degree as to utilizethat part of the runner between the numerals 2 and 26 in certain formsof skating and in the accel- The eration of speed or in starting from apost tion at rest.

It will be understood by those familiar with fancy skating that theseveral distinct features set forth in this application contributetoward the accomplishment of raceful and fancy skating and slightmodifications in the several characteristic features may be made withoutdeparting from the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my claim In an ice skate of the class described, arunner having the forward and rear ends curved slightly upwardly from astraight section, said runner being hollow ground for a major portion ofits length, from the heel to near the toe, the forward end of saidrunner rising above the general line of said runner where it terminatesin a plate forming wings to the opposite sides of said runner, a stopformed of said upturned end in advance of said plates, to contact withthe forward end of the sole of a. shoe supporting said skate, a standardrising from said runner under the ball-0f the foot of a wearer, saidstandard having wings formed thereon which extend from the sides of saidstandard, a second standard formed on said runner under the heel of afoot having wings formed thereon, fastening means passing through theseveral wings formed on said standards and the upturned end of therunner, and said runner having a reduced cross sectional dimensionbetween the standards under the ball and heel of a foot to permit thatportion of the runner so reduced in its cross sectional dimension to berelatively flexible.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VVILHELM OELSCHLAGEL.

v Vitnesses:

IGNATZ F. ROSENBERG, GEORGE L. THoM.

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Copies of-this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

